The committee said a small number of unscheduled calls were inadvertently made in the district, explaining the mix-up occurred while a number of polls were being conducted around the country Wednesday night.

“We had several polls across the country in the field last night,” spokeswoman Katie Prill said in an email to The Hill. “A few unscheduled calls were inadvertently made in this district. We truly apologize for this unfortunate mistake.”

The poll asked about a potential match-up for the seat between Democrat and former Florida gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink and Republicans Rick Baker, who is former mayor of St. Petersburg, Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard, Pinellas County Commissioner Karen Seel, and Young's son, Bill Young Jr., SaintPetersBlog reported Wednesday.